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C. D. BURTON.

Patented May 16, 1922.

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CONTAINER.

Applicationflled April 19, 1921. Serial No. 462,602.

To all 10 7mm it may concern;

Be .it known that I, CHRISTOPHER D. BUR- TON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of London,'in the county of Middlesex and Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention.

This invention relates to improvements in containers, and the object of the invention to provide a container so constructed that the lid or cover may be easily removed.

The invention relates to low circular tins such as those in which shoepolish is put up.

The invention resides in providing a recess in the body ofthe container exposing the edge of the cover or lid and permitting the insertion of a suitable instrument to ry up the lid. The recess may be provided in a variety of ways and the construction of the container itself may be modified as de sired. Preferably, however, the body of the container comprises inner and, outer circumferential walls, the outer wall being recessed at the line of the lid edge and the inner wall carrying the bottom. The inner wall may be inclined to facilitate removal of contents.

In the drawings vention;--

Figure 1 is an elevation of a container formed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional viewof the container.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a modified form of container.

. Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1.1, and 12 designate as a whole the body andcover of a container. The body is formed with outer and inner spaced, cirwhich illustrate the incumferential walls 13 and 14: respectively,

the former of which may be shouldered at '15 to seat the edge of the cover. This, however, is not essential, as the top of the body may serve to hold the cover against further downward movement. The inner wall 14 may be inclined toward the centre of the bottom as shown, so

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

as to facilitate removal of contents. The bottom 16 is connected to the inner wall 14 and may be located above the lower edge of the outer wall, as in Figure 2, or below the edge of the outer wall as in Figure 8. The inner and outer walls may be formed integral as shownin Figure 2, or may be formed separately as indicated in Figure 3, and may be connected in any suitable man ner, such as by soldering. The outer wall 13 is provided at one or more points in its circumference with a slot 17. The longitudinal axis of this slot is located at or slightly above the line of the edge of the cover, as clearly shown in Figure 1. The result is that when the cover is in place the upper part of the slot is closed by the cover but the lower part is exposed and permits the insertion of an instrument, such as a coin, to engage the edge of the cover for the purpose of prying the same up. The spacing of the outer and inner walls permit of the insertion of the instrument a suflicient distance to obtain secure engagement with the edge of the slot and the edge of the cover.

The operation of the device is extremely simple. A. coin or other flat instrument is inserted. in one of the slots 17 as far as it will go and is then twisted so that one edge bears down on the edge of the slot and the other presses up 011 the edge of the cover and raises the cover. The container is preferably provided with, two, three or more slots spaced equidistantly, so that if the cover is very tight or exhibits a tendency .to jam the opening movement may be re- Having-thus described my invention, what I claim is the edge of the flange is exposed to facili- 10 tate removal of the cover.

2. A container according to claim 1, having inner and outer circumferential walls of unequal height.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set 15 my hand.

CHRISTOPHER DOVE BURTON. 

